Kathleen Marescaux
Kathleen Marescaux, born Kathleen Louisa Rose Dennis, was an Irish artist, best known as a painter of botanical subjects and rural landscapes.
Early life
Kathleen Louisa Rose Dennis was born in Kilkenny, the daughter of James Benjamin Dennis and Emma Salmon Dennis. Her father was a military officer, and her mother was born in India, into an English military family.Art
Marescaux was best known for painting botanical subjects and rural landscapes. She first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1893, and continued there until 1935. Her works were also seen at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, and in shows with the Dublin Sketching Club, the WCSI, the Fine Art Society and the Ulster Academy of Arts.Personal life
Kathleen Dennis married London-born Royal Navy officer Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux at St. Canice's Cathedral in 1894. She had two sons, Geoffrey and Laurence. Kathleen Marescaux was widowed in 1920, and she died in 1944, in Kilkenny, aged 75 years. There is a collection of her papers, and another of her family's papers, in the National Library of Ireland.In 2009, to mark the 400th anniversary of Kilkenny as a city, the Butler Gallery held "Kilkenny: An Artists Celebration", an exhibition featuring Kilkenny artists, including Kathleen Marescaux.